Mr. Cappuccio playing and singing in his fish shop with a guitar playing friend.

Mr. Cappuccio’s fish shop is one of the oldest fish shops in town. Siracusa, 2011.

A fruit and vegetable vendor at Ortygia’s street market. Siracusa, 2013.

Fishmongers at work at Ortygia’s street market. Siracusa, 2012.

Sea urchin vendors at Ortygia’s street market. Siracusa, 2013.

A fishmonger in Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

A fishmonger in Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

A fruit and vegetable vendor at Ortygia’s street market. Siracusa, 2013.

Fishmongers in Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

A fishmonger talking to a client in Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

The cabin of an ApeCar in Catania’s fish market. Catania, 2013.

Sea urchin vendors at Ortygia’s street market. Siracusa, 2013.

When I don’t have anything else to shoot or I’m just short of visual inspiration, I take my camera and go to the nearest street market. With a fair amount of characters hanging around, all the colourful items and the intense life going on while the daily business is carried out, Sicilian street markets can never be boring.